Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/02/062

Address :
Lime dosing plant Silent Valley Reservoir Head Road Kilkeel Newry Co Down BT34 4PU

Townland:
Carrigenagh Upper

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Water Works Structures

Former Use
Water Works Structures

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
278/4

IG Ref:
J3074 2156

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Standing immediately south of the 1950 Screening House, this structure comprises a tall square building with one-storey projection at north, all in roughly dressed granite blocks set in irregular courses over a projecting base. Flat concrete roofs with parapet walls around. Embellished with stepped quoins and flush string courses, all in sawn ashlar granite. Devoid of openings save for large metal-shuttered vehicle entrance and smaller pedestrian door, both on west wall and with ashlar granite surrounds. ‘1985’ datestone above the latter door.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Erected 1985 by DOE Water Service. Similar in design to the dosing plant at Dunmore, near Ballynahinch. Primary Sources: 1. Mr S.J. Graham, DOE Silent Valley. 2. Datestone.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Although utilitarian, some thought has gone into matching it with the style of the adjacent buildings. The strcuture has evident group value from an architectural viewpoint and has been recorded for its historical and technical interest in reflecting the continuing attempts to improve water quality.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 July 1997